Traditional Art

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What is traditional_art?

From dabblers to masters, obscure to popular and ancient to futuristic, this is an inclusive community dedicated to showcasing all types of art by all kinds of artists, as long as they’re made in a traditional medium.

‘Traditional’ here means ‘Physical’, as in artworks which are NON-DIGITAL in nature.

What’s allowed: Acrylic, Pastel, Encaustic, Gouache, Oil and Watercolor Paintings; Ink Illustrations; Manga Panels; Pencil and Charcoal sketches; Collages; Etchings; Lithographs; Wood Prints; Pottery; Ceramics; Metal, Wire and paper sculptures; Tapestry; weaving; Qulting; Wood carvings, Armor Crafting and more.

What’s not allowed: Digital art (anything made with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Blender, GIMP or other art programs) or AI art (anything made with Stable Diffusion, Midjourney or other models)

Submission Rules

Do not post Digital or AI art, as they have their own separate communities.
Mildly NSFW content is allowed.
Explicit NSFW content needs to be tagged as such.
Extreme NSFW content like gore, graphic imagery, fetishistic works and straight up pornography will be deleted.
Post only images. No gifs, videos or articles.
Ensure the post title contains the title of the artwork or the name of the artist (or ideally both). If there is further information about the artwork you want to convey, do it in the body of the post or in the comments.
You can post your own art but keep in mind not to spam. Feel free to add an [OC] tag in the title of your post.
Avoid posting photos of yourself next to an artwork, unless you're the creator of the artwork in question. In all other cases avoid extraneous objects and post only the art.

Community Rules

Be Civil and respectful.
Trolling, spamming, use of abusive language, and self-promotional advertising (that is not related to you posting your own artworks) will be removed.

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SSTF @lemmy.world 10 hr. ago

The Battle of Lekkerbeetje, painted by Sebastiaen Vrancx

The Battle of Lekkerbeetje was a cavalry duel akin to the famous Combat of the Thirty. The cause for this duel was the boasting of a french cuirassier commander,Pierre de Bréauté, in service of the Dutch Republic, that his men were worth twice that of their counterparts in the service of Spain. A brabantine cuirassier commander, Gerard Abrahams - known as "Lekkerbekje" (meaning sweet tooth), in spanish service heard of this claim and challenged de Bréauté to a duel with equal numbers. Each side fieled 22 men, including their commanders, and met on the choosen field: Abrahams was the first casulty, being shot through the neck during the initial charge. De Bréauté in return was captured after being wounded and having his horse shot from under him. He was killed as an act of revange for the death of Abrahams (an act that was controversial at that time). The duel/skirmish achieved nothing in the grand scheme of things - the cuirassiers in dutch service suffered 14 losses, while the cuirassiers in spanish service suffered only 5 casulties.